Let me start by welcoming dr. Deborah birx, the White House Coronavirus response coordinator. And, dr. He ambassadors birx, we embrace the notion of physical distance, but not social distance. Through these events, we have global we bring the immunity closer together. Community closer together. Trail at the olejnik council, we are driven at the Atlantic Council, we are driven by community engagement, platforms to exchange ideas, as well as a strategy and policy to shape the posed pandemic world for the better. Spirit, since the crisis began, the Atlantic Council has convened private conversations with ambassadors from the g 10, 10 leading democracies. Help are intended to cooperation between the leading democracies on the pandemic. This is all part of our democratic order initiative. Time we arefirst convening this group in a public setting. We thought it would be useful to have an open conversation about Global Cooperation on these challenges. Cspan,me viewers from listeners from cspa
Dr. Howard zuker. Cuomo onediate right, special volunteer assignment for the state. Working for her father. Very pleasant boss. A little said today. Because the boyfriend has left the premises. Returned to his home state. That is ok. The old expression, you love something let it go. And it will return to you. If it does not return, then it was never meant to be. Words to that effect. Numbers are headed in the right direction today. Hospitalizations are down. That change in hospitalizations is down. Are down again. Number of new cases down. Road down. A long decline, fast pike fast spike, slow decline. What has happened across the country. The number of deaths still painfully high. Not down. Up little bit. The overall direction is right but this is a painful, painful, tragic number of lives lost. And they are all in our thoughts and prayers. You look at the entire experience. Stabilizedare basically with where we were before we had this dramatic increase. Things we have learned through
Relationship with the governors has been very strong. We sent them everything they needed and we will continue. I just spoke with gretchen whitmer, we will be going to michigan at the appropriate time. They have a big problem with dams breaking, a big, big problem. We have set sent the army ,orps my corps of engineers they are better at dams than anyone. Job. Have done a fantastic i will be going to michigan at some point in the nottoodistant future. I am actually going to ford tomorrow, and i think they called, the governor invited, the governor, so we will be heading out, maybe we will do them both at the same time. I dont want to get in the way of the fixup because there is a lot of water up there. It was a bad break. We will be taking care of that in michigan, and michigan, these are great people, great survivors. When you get down to it, they have been through a lot over the years and we have a lot of auto factories being built there and a lot of good things are happening. States
Wheeler interested committee today. Todays hearing is the opportunity to hear about their good work and a chance for Committee Members to ask questions. The Environmental Protection agency is test with detecting the air we breathe, the water reaching and the communities where our family live. During the covid19 pandemic the agency has worked hard to provide the public with updated information on which disincentive disinfectants can be safely used to kill the virus. In addition, the epa has made Grant Funding available to the states and the tribes to help low income and minority communities address coronavirus. A has provided thousands of pieces of personal protective equipment to aid Health Professionals during the pandemic. A issued guidance to states and businesses on how it will enforce environmental laws when social distancing affects activities. Looking forward to hearing more about the agencys work during todays hearing. In addition to its work on the virus the agency has pursued